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Pakistan hospital fire kills 14 infants

26 August 2026
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2026-08-26 15:27

Pakistani authorities said a fire erupted in a hospital's maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday.

The fire broke out on the third floor of the Mother and Child Health Ward at the public Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, the Islamabad district office said in a statement. The statement gave a death toll of 14, who were all infants. It was learned that authorities have not identified the cause of the fire.

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